8" X 10" |
gesture drawing where you don't lift your pen for the sketch |
8" X 10" |
gesture drawing where you don't lift your pen for the sketch |
welcome to this week's list of likes. Starting with nature's display of color with people's displays of halloween decorations. I am stunned by the golden color I see on walks, when the sun glints through orange leaves, when the soft drop of leaves floating on breezes, the look of confetti the sidewalks take on.
The temps finally cooled a bit, the flurries never appeared and the rain accumulated to about 10 drops but I love brisk weather.
We only put up one outdoor decoration this year, and they were a challenge to put together
House wearing a hat! lol |
Milo wondering what all the fuss is about? |
they are a fairly good length of lights to go around the porch and look so festive! And colorful, I almost forgot how difficult it was to thread the lightstring through each hat and figuring out how to hang them on the porch roof.
I got a piece of swiss cheese and some spelt bread for breakfast this week, and noticed it turned into a ghost.... I didn't plan it, just looked down and laughed
reading on audio
I am loving this book, it goes between a modern writer, and her ancestor who might have written plays that published under the name of Shakespeare. It's beautifully read, beautiful writing, great story line showcasing women's lives.
Sewing
I finished a challenge quilt ( put a cat on it) by printing my painting onto fabric for this year's halloween quilt
and since I love beads and sequins I added them to my handwork piece, and now it's ready to frame somehow, details on Saturday's creativity post. A sneak peek of one corner:bugle beads around the flower center, flower sequins, seed beads in places |
prompt:
what is your favorite Halloween treat? do you give out candy to kids and what kind? have you ever run out?
I love 100 grand bars. As a kid I wanted sugar babies or a big sugar daddy bar. We don't give out candy now but back in MD we would dress in costume, sit outside to give out candy to kids, and wine to parents.
People would drive big flatbed trucks full of kids into our hood, and we did run out of candy. The kids were picky too, or wanted handfuls. Once my friend's older son was out with little kids, and when I told him I ran out, he replied, hold on. Pulled out his bag, chose about 10 treats, and dumped the rest into my bowl to give out!!!!!
I thought that was so like him, a generous kind and engaging boy who no doubt grew up to be a wonderful man.
Red White and blue America has always been great! |
I like voting!
I remember looking forward to it as a teen. I was grateful when I learned women fought hard for the right to have a say in their govt. I took it seriously. In high school we often discussed the issues and had mock elections.
We learned to think about issues and to be gracious in defeat because majority rules.
The fact is, one party in the USA is doing all it can to make voting difficult.
The GOP has a plan which includes removing a lot of rights from women. Go read project 2025 or the latest name for it to confuse citizens from knowing what they plan.
I voted by mail now that I'm physically challenged. It's a God-send the way Colorado does it. I am notified my ballot was sent so I can check for it. I fill it out, date it, sign it and mail it back. The state lets me know when it's received. Then when it's checked for correct signature and counted I'm notified again that my vote was counted.
This sticker was sent out in the email...
I voted to keep our constitution and law and order. (one candidate said he will destroy the constitution and remove the need to vote). I voted to keep the rights that our constitution gives us. I believe Americans should respect each other and our country. I love diversity, knowing we all have something to contribute to better all of us.
I voted for a president not a dictator.
The founding fathers tried to protect us from future dictators taking over. I am grateful.
Milo's Moment
hiya, Milo here. I just got the monthly grooming and Mama thought I needed a quilt to warm up.http://3poodlesandanana.blogspot.com/
https://canadianneedlenana.blogspot.com/
https://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/
I finished the gray rainbow scrap block for this week, and here it is with a few others. I now have 10 big blocks....I have learned by doing these, that choosing to do one big block a month in one colorway, gives a big impact. In the beginning I might have mixed all the colors in each block thinking that might look scrappy. This way you see the color, then the patterns from different fabrics making it scrappy.
Happy Colors! |
11" and change by 11" -ish |
this was left to use in another quilt art piece later |
some double stick tape should seal it enough |
Lime Green, My neutral! |
So... I'm doing a quick post working ahead.
I like picket fence look in our neighborhood. They are plastic, all the same, and flimsy but I love the look of them.
We had a few days of cooler weather and the cloud show was wonderful... In person it's inspirational for paintingI like my small stand by machine, without bells or whistles, that is a mechanical sewing machine with a fine straight stitch. Every seam takes longer as the inner area is small and it's an awkward space under the needle but... I do like it and like using it. I love that this week I packed up my beloved Bernina, and figured out a way to fit this baby into the space so I could make my block for the month. More on Saturday I hope.
I'm going to be doing an Alice in Wonderland painting, from a workshop that's now over. I learned a bit about developing characters, how to paint wild oversized flowers, how to trace elements of a face, then develop it as a unique character. The ones above were just an exercise to get your mind working.Another lesson in the painting workshop |
Hiya... nothing new around here and Mama is in a tizzy to finish. I like my walks and good treats, I like cold weather but it's not happening here again. I do not like scary things like...
blowing plastic bags outside, scary halloween decorations, dogs that run at me barking, getting my ears cleaned, fireworks, or the dragon in our house (the vacuum) I go find Mama when the dragon comes out, since Dad pushes it around.
I do have slightly more respect for him because he can control it.
now please visit these nice peeps to see what they think this week about scary things
http://3poodlesandanana.blogspot.com/
https://canadianneedlenana.blogspot.com/
https://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/
c coThis class by Effie Wilde was fun but I used watercolor instead of acrylic (gives me headaches) the acrylivers dried acrylic so you can cover up, add to, etc that is hard to do with watercolors other than a glaze. I like her colors and modern look.
I tried a new to me method of book binding, cartoons, and took a course from another free online workshop (Nina Rycroft) on four ways to combine into one painting. More next week on that.
printed pattern section, do four |
a close up of some of the gray scraps I have |
amazing drops of paint make a painting!
https://youtube.com/shorts/kv0-Q9dugMw?si=Nx0UCvHLBkkqkpNh
Well I've never seen this painting technique using dots of paint and a hypodermic needle
https://youtube.com/shorts/9VlizSQsQp4?si=BqNKr65mJX0rg35C
linking to
design wall Mondays at smallquiltsanddollquilts
https://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/
https://beadwright.blogspot.com/
https://myblog-lunchbreak.blogspot.com/
modern, simple painting anyone can do
https://youtube.com/shorts/CMeOu3cYMKQ?si=nEQSK7R01iaTz06R